Own charm offense. And so, again, democrats must recalibrate and ask themselves what voting bills can they get passed, while republican lawmakers at all levels continue to resist and ask themselves what Voter Restrictions they can get away with. Watching all of this are black voters and civil rights leaders like myself, exhausted with the process and ready to demand Executive Orders. Well unpack the domestic week that was, and shortly ill ask the chair of the Foreign Relations committee about the escalating tension between the United States and russia over the countrys brinkmanship on ukraine. Is confrontation inevitable . All that tonight on politicsnation. Lets get started. Joining me now, senator bob menendez, democrat of new jersey and chair of the foreign relation committee. Senator, thank you for joining us tonight. I know it was a bruising week for democrats and certainly President Biden who opened up the second year of his presidency with thundering accommodations of republican
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The time everything started to come closer into focus about the coordinated effort orchestrated by many republicans to overturn the results of the 2020 election and derail our democracy. And were going to get to everything that happened this week in just a second. But first, i actually want to rewind a bit further to one of the weirdest moments of the Trump Administration. Take a look. This was june of 2018, the start of hurricane season. Donald trump and Vice President mike pence visited Fema Headquarters to be briefed on hurricane preparedness. The first lady, who you see there, was also there seated at the head of the table like shes the copresident or Something Like that. But believe it or not, that wasnt even the weird part. I want you to watch this. At one point, donald trump takes the water bottle that is in front of him and puts it on the floor, at which point mike pence does literally the exact same thing. It almost looked pavlovian for a moment, a weird, innate instinct to mi
Hospitalized with covid, but in new york and d. C. Where omicron surged first, the case count is finally trending down, and the party of trump is the party of revenge. The former president targets a republican senator who told the truth and Kevin Mccarthy promises if he gets power he will use it to punish democrats. We begin the hour though with the president and his consequential visit today to georgia. Voting rights is his focus as he visits some of atlantas civil rights landmarks. Remember, boycotts were a Staple Tactic as the movement gained tracks 60 years ago and that the democratic president faces a boycott today speaks volumes about the moment and about the mood. The president is about to give Voting Rights activists exactly what they want, including this public and vocal support for changing senate rules to pass new voting restriction, but the groups boycotting say its long past time for words, and they will not be props for a president ial photoop that. Resistance only raises
Testify before congress about the administrations response. And later, Governor Phil Murphy will join me as hard hit new jersey sees the highest level of hospitalizations since the start of this pandemic. Just as the governors covid Emergency Powers expire. Welcome to meet the press daily, im chuck todd. Right now you are looking live at atlanta, georgia, where we expect President Biden to have just landed as he prepares in fact, there he is as he prepares to deliver a Manger Address on the issue of Voting Rights. It will come less than a week after his remarks on the one year an verse of the January 6th Insurrection when he vowed to protect the democracy from former President Trump and what he has been trying to do. As biden left for atlanta he spoke to reporters about the political risks facing him on this issue if he gets nothing done. I risk not saying what i believe. Thats what i risk. This is one of those defining moments, it really is. People are going to be judged, where were t